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Anyone else have a PayPal issue this month? I received an email this morning saying The Well Society had suspended my automatic payments. Wondered if it was just me or if there was a wider snafu.

Aye, I remember when Goram played for us. I was shocked to find out when he left he was a Rangers fan. The media obviously kept that quiet too to protect him from our support.

It's almost like that 10 million the new manager was promised doesn't exist, they can't afford a transfer fee and are actually skint.

We've already lost 2 players, so even if we brought in 3 that's not a huge net gain. Also "not actively seeking" doesn't exclude loaning out some of our players, or even selling them if other clubs make decent bids. And let's face it, even if we think there is deadwood. They are under contract deadwood that would cost as much to get rid of as keep. EDIT: I see Melvin beat me to it with similar thoughts.

Criminal. You even get it for things like Coke cans and beer bottles over here.

Coyne was briliant. But it would still have to be a Pettigrew / Graham strike force for me.

Has to be Derek Murray.

Cheers. I think that means he pipped Joe Wark by one.

How many appearances did he have? As usual, most sources are just showing league stats.

Good move for all concerned I think. Ex players coaching the youngsters helps maintain our identity as a club, and I'm sure guys like Crags and Hammell won't be slow to point out what it means to be a a 'Well player.

Plus, as I mentioned before, Accies have been fighting relegation battles most years and had to sell their stadium and rent out a horrible plastic pitch to survive. Not the model I'd like to see us follow.

Aye, except Imrie ended up laughing his head off and celebrating with his mates and Accies fans. Meantime, Hartley gets a red card and we're missing a key defender in our Cup game. A game Imrie will be playing in. To quote Donald Trump, #Winning

Ironically (or maybe not), a lot of our current issues stem from our period of recent success. From what guys like Derek Weir have said, some complacency - and a little incompetence - set in. A lack of succession planning and a feeling that we'd continue to be challenging for top 4 eroded some of the necessary foundations. Not to mention the fact we managed to lose money with win bonuses etc. being too generous. Like all businesses, it can be difficult to stop the slide. We were lucky someone like Les stepped up and insisted on revamping the structure and goals of the club. Organizationally, we seem to be much stronger, but we haven't matched that on the pitch. Yet. You only need to look at the lower leagues in England and Scotland to see many teams who used to play in the top flight are now struggling. The fear of that happening to us, I'm sure, drives some of the short-termism we see in some of the recruitment. I think we are in a better place now than in the last couple of years, but there is certainly room for improvement in the overall balance of homegrown vs recruitment.

At least he likes crossing the ball too. However, like I said in a previous thread, if his plan is to get rid of the few ball players we have, I'll not be rushing back 3000 miles to see my next game.

I'm not defending the lack of quality in recent times. I have seen a few full games at Accies - in person and on Alba etc. and that's keep it in the air as long as possible and kick their opponents. It's physically painful to watch. The team that Ally MacLeod took over was far worse than out current one, as it's 6th place finish in the First Division confirmed (then jumping to 5th the next season).

He must be giving them the old "Boyhood Heroes" discount. I'd still be insisting on cash up front if I was Brighton (or Murphy) right enough.

If you think this is the worse standard of football we've ever had, you're younger than I thought. More to the point, recent Accies teams have been brutal to watch - especially on the plastic pitch. More brutal than even us in recent years. I agree the Board lost their way with squad management and bringing through the youth. It's pointless comparing us with Accies, though, as their model has required selling the stadium, putting down a terrible 3G pitch to rent out and directors chipping in on a regular basis. All while their crowds have fallen quite significantly.

He'll be benched after the new gaffer comes in and wants to sign foreigners.

"We must give our youngsters a chance." "Why do we not bring more youngsters in?" "We've a terrible record for developing youth." "Heneghan's useless!" "Kipre's a bomb scare!" "I'm drowning in my own saliva!!!!!"

Kipre a bomb scare? I very much doubt it.

"Injury prone" Chris Porter didn't turn out too bad, though.

Either that or Goldie from Blue Peter.

I doubt he'd have moved for 6 months - not if it's true he had other offers on the table.

He's supposed to be a professional. Plus, he loves to give opponents verbals and not being able to take it makes him look like a wean. Oh, and he let the entire team down and the paying fans by missing a key game because he threw his toys out the pram. Plus, he gave away the 2nd goal and he should have been focusing on fixing that instead of worrying about how Accies celebrated.

Robinson has said he wants cover at the centre of defence, so it doesn't have to mean that. I think he wants to persist with a back 3, and that means Hartley, Kipre and Dunne. Any one of them is out and we're back to having to play McHugh as a defender.